CA2178596A1 - Shaft bearing in a rock and ground-drilling machine - Google Patents
Shaft bearing in a rock and ground-drilling machineInfo
- Publication number
- CA2178596A1 CA2178596A1 CA002178596A CA2178596A CA2178596A1 CA 2178596 A1 CA2178596 A1 CA 2178596A1 CA 002178596 A CA002178596 A CA 002178596A CA 2178596 A CA2178596 A CA 2178596A CA 2178596 A1 CA2178596 A1 CA 2178596A1
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- Prior art keywords
- shaft
- commutator
- gear housing
- chuck
- rings
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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- 238000005553 drilling Methods 0.000 title claims abstract description 12
- 239000011435 rock Substances 0.000 title claims abstract description 8
- 239000012530 fluid Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 8
- 238000005096 rolling process Methods 0.000 claims abstract description 3
- 238000005259 measurement Methods 0.000 description 3
- 238000010276 construction Methods 0.000 description 2
- 229910003460 diamond Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- 239000010432 diamond Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 description 1
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- 239000008237 rinsing water Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000007789 sealing Methods 0.000 description 1
- XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N water Substances O XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
Classifications
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B3/00—Rotary drilling
- E21B3/02—Surface drives for rotary drilling
- E21B3/022—Top drives
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- General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
- Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
- Earth Drilling (AREA)
Abstract
A rock or ground-drilling machine includes a gear housing (14) in which there is journalled a shaft (31) which surrounds a drill string (23) m the manner of a sleeve and which is affixed to the drill string by means of a chuck (7) connected to the shaft (31). The chuck is operated by means of pressure fluid delivered to the chuck (27) through the medium of a commutator (36) acting between the gear housing (14) and the shaft (31). The shaft (31) is journalled in the gear housing (14) by means of one single rolling bearing (39). The commutator (36) lies resiliently against the gear housing (14) and is flexible in response to sideways movement of the shaft (31).
Description
WO95/16101 PCT/8E94/0118~
2 1 78596 SHAFT BEARING IN A ROCK AND GROUND-DRILLING MAC~INE
The present invention relates to a shaft bearing in a rock and ground-drilling machine which includes a gear housing in 5 which there is journalled a shaft which embraces a drill string in the manner of a sleeve and which is secured to the shaft with the aid of a chuck connected thereto, wherein the chuck is manoeuvred by means of pressure fluid which is delivered to the chuck through the medium of a commutator l0 which acts between the gear housing and the shaft.
A shaft bearing of this kind is known, for instance, from SE
324 747. In the case of this known shaft bearing, the drill shaft is journalled in at least two journal bearings. This 15 requires accurate manufacture with regard to the angular correctness and the concentricity between the bearing positions. In addition, when the gear housing is comprised of two parts, these parts must be made to match one another and must therefore be sold in pairs as spare parts and must 20 not be mixed together when several gear housings are repaired at one and the same time. Despite this matching of the gear housing parts, it is necessary to expect some deviation from a perfect form and from perfect measurement tolerances, and it is therefor.e necessary to provide the journal bearings 25 with a certain clearance.
The object of the present invention is to eliminate the aforesaid problems and to provide a shaft bearing which will enable the shaft to adjust freely in the bearing without 30 jamming or-binding therein. In the case of impact drilling, or hammer drilling, it is also an advantage when the journal bearing is completely free of any play, or when the bearing is pre-stressed. This object~is achieved with a shaft bearing according to Claim l . The depending Claims def ine suitable 35 embodiments that further assist in achieving this solution.
The invention will now be described in more detail with Wo 9~/16101 PCrlSE9410118~
~11859~
reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a side view, partly in section, of a rock and ground-drilling machine which includes an inventive shaft 5 bearing;
Fig. 2 is a sectional view of !~he drill gear-housing, taken on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1; ànd 10 Fig. 3 is--an enlarged view o~ part OI Fig. 2.
The drill illustrated in Fig. 1 includes a feed bar 11 which is supported in rock by expansion bolts 12. It will be understood, however, that the f eed bar 11 may be supported 15 in some other way, f or instance by means of a wheeled carriage. The drilling machine also includes a gear~housing 14 which is supported by a slide 13 which can be moved along the feed beam 11 with the aid of chains 15, 16, and a drive motor in the form of a piston-cylinder device 17, which 20 includes two delivery lines 18, 19. When pressure fluid is delivered through the delivery line 18, the piston rod 20 is moved upwards in Fig. 1 and the chain 16 will~ pull the slide 13 downwards in Fig. 1. When pressure fluid is deliuer-ed through the line 19 instead, the slide 13 will be pulled 25 upwards by the chains 15.
The front end of the feed beam 11 carries a chuck 21 which functions to grlp and release a drill string, for instance a drill tube 23. The drilI string 23 is comprised of a 30 plurality of drill string elements, i . e. tube sections which are mutually screwed together, and a drill bit 26. In the case of rock drilling, the drill bit 26 may have the form of a tubular diamond drill bit and the first tube section may have the form of a so-called core~tube for collecting drill 35 core. The machine also includes a water swivel 24, for delivering rinsing water to the drill tube.
WO95/16101 PCT/SE94/0118~
~ 2~ 78596 , ~
A chuck 27 for transferring rotational and axial movements to the drill string 23 is mounted beneath the gear housing 14 . This chuck AOcn~rAn; es the gear housing 14 as it moves axially .
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectioned view of the wheel housing.
The illustrated housing 14 is comprised of two parts, an upper gear-accommodating part 28 and a lower part 29, said parts being joined together by means of a screw assembly 30.
10 The actual tubular drill shaft 31 is journalled in the gear housing 14. A gear wheel 32 is secured to the shaft 31 by means of a screw joint 33. The gear wheel 32 meshes with a gear drive 34 which is securely wedged on the shaft of a hydraulic motor 35. When drilling is in operation, the drill 15 string 23 extends through the shaft 31 and is fastened in the chuck 27.
The chuck 27 is fastened in the lower end of the shaft 31 and rotates with said shaft. The chuck itself forms no part of 20 the present invention and will not therefore be described in detail. The chuck used may have the form described in SE 448 017. All that need be said about the chuck is that pressure f luid must be delivered to the chuck, even when it rotates, in order to manoeuvre its ~aws into engagement with the tube 25 str1ng. The housing part 29 is provided to this end with a commutator 36 which delivers pressure fluid from an inlet 37 in the fixed housing part 29 through a channel 38 provided in the shaft 31.
30 According to the invention, the shaft is journalled in only one journal bearing, more specifically in a rolling bearing 39, in the illustrated case a ball bearing. This enables the shaft to position itself freely in the bearing without risk of jamming or binding in the bearing. The bearing 39 may also 35 receive the shaft in the absence of any play, ie in a close f it, or may even be pre-stressed, which is particularly advantageous in impact drilling operations.
-This construction, which includes only one single bearing,is made possible by a particular conf iguration of the commutator 36. The commutator is comprised of two commutator rings 40 which abut the shaft 41 with a small clearance 5 therebetween. Each of the commutator rings 40 lies against a respective end-wall of ~ ~commutator chamber 41 and the rings are pressed away from one another towards the end-walls of ~he commutator chamber, by the pressure of f luid in the commutator chamber. This results in the exposure of passage-lO ways 42 in the shaft 31, these passageways connecting thecommutator chamber with the passageways 48 through which '=: fluid is delivered~to the chuck 27. The commutator rings are held in sealing abutment ~ith the part 29 of the gear housing by means of 0-rings 43 fitted at respective ends 15 of the commutator chamber 41.
The construction of the commutator 36 enables the commutator to accompany any obliqueness or eccentricity in the position of the shaft. Because the c Lator is divided in two, i . e .
20 is divided into two ,-~ LdLor rings 40, the axial play is "self-closing", so as to prevent the occurrence of any gaps which would cause the 0-rings to be worn or damaged as a result of penetrating through such gaps if present. It is not necessary for ~'~e commutator room to have any high degree of 25 accuracy with regard to axial measurements, ~hich also applies ~o the axial measurements of the commutator rings.
The rings are prevented from rotating with the shaft by means of a screw or pin ~ not shown ) which engages a recess or aperture in the rings 40.
The present invention relates to a shaft bearing in a rock and ground-drilling machine which includes a gear housing in 5 which there is journalled a shaft which embraces a drill string in the manner of a sleeve and which is secured to the shaft with the aid of a chuck connected thereto, wherein the chuck is manoeuvred by means of pressure fluid which is delivered to the chuck through the medium of a commutator l0 which acts between the gear housing and the shaft.
A shaft bearing of this kind is known, for instance, from SE
324 747. In the case of this known shaft bearing, the drill shaft is journalled in at least two journal bearings. This 15 requires accurate manufacture with regard to the angular correctness and the concentricity between the bearing positions. In addition, when the gear housing is comprised of two parts, these parts must be made to match one another and must therefore be sold in pairs as spare parts and must 20 not be mixed together when several gear housings are repaired at one and the same time. Despite this matching of the gear housing parts, it is necessary to expect some deviation from a perfect form and from perfect measurement tolerances, and it is therefor.e necessary to provide the journal bearings 25 with a certain clearance.
The object of the present invention is to eliminate the aforesaid problems and to provide a shaft bearing which will enable the shaft to adjust freely in the bearing without 30 jamming or-binding therein. In the case of impact drilling, or hammer drilling, it is also an advantage when the journal bearing is completely free of any play, or when the bearing is pre-stressed. This object~is achieved with a shaft bearing according to Claim l . The depending Claims def ine suitable 35 embodiments that further assist in achieving this solution.
The invention will now be described in more detail with Wo 9~/16101 PCrlSE9410118~
~11859~
reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a side view, partly in section, of a rock and ground-drilling machine which includes an inventive shaft 5 bearing;
Fig. 2 is a sectional view of !~he drill gear-housing, taken on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1; ànd 10 Fig. 3 is--an enlarged view o~ part OI Fig. 2.
The drill illustrated in Fig. 1 includes a feed bar 11 which is supported in rock by expansion bolts 12. It will be understood, however, that the f eed bar 11 may be supported 15 in some other way, f or instance by means of a wheeled carriage. The drilling machine also includes a gear~housing 14 which is supported by a slide 13 which can be moved along the feed beam 11 with the aid of chains 15, 16, and a drive motor in the form of a piston-cylinder device 17, which 20 includes two delivery lines 18, 19. When pressure fluid is delivered through the delivery line 18, the piston rod 20 is moved upwards in Fig. 1 and the chain 16 will~ pull the slide 13 downwards in Fig. 1. When pressure fluid is deliuer-ed through the line 19 instead, the slide 13 will be pulled 25 upwards by the chains 15.
The front end of the feed beam 11 carries a chuck 21 which functions to grlp and release a drill string, for instance a drill tube 23. The drilI string 23 is comprised of a 30 plurality of drill string elements, i . e. tube sections which are mutually screwed together, and a drill bit 26. In the case of rock drilling, the drill bit 26 may have the form of a tubular diamond drill bit and the first tube section may have the form of a so-called core~tube for collecting drill 35 core. The machine also includes a water swivel 24, for delivering rinsing water to the drill tube.
WO95/16101 PCT/SE94/0118~
~ 2~ 78596 , ~
A chuck 27 for transferring rotational and axial movements to the drill string 23 is mounted beneath the gear housing 14 . This chuck AOcn~rAn; es the gear housing 14 as it moves axially .
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectioned view of the wheel housing.
The illustrated housing 14 is comprised of two parts, an upper gear-accommodating part 28 and a lower part 29, said parts being joined together by means of a screw assembly 30.
10 The actual tubular drill shaft 31 is journalled in the gear housing 14. A gear wheel 32 is secured to the shaft 31 by means of a screw joint 33. The gear wheel 32 meshes with a gear drive 34 which is securely wedged on the shaft of a hydraulic motor 35. When drilling is in operation, the drill 15 string 23 extends through the shaft 31 and is fastened in the chuck 27.
The chuck 27 is fastened in the lower end of the shaft 31 and rotates with said shaft. The chuck itself forms no part of 20 the present invention and will not therefore be described in detail. The chuck used may have the form described in SE 448 017. All that need be said about the chuck is that pressure f luid must be delivered to the chuck, even when it rotates, in order to manoeuvre its ~aws into engagement with the tube 25 str1ng. The housing part 29 is provided to this end with a commutator 36 which delivers pressure fluid from an inlet 37 in the fixed housing part 29 through a channel 38 provided in the shaft 31.
30 According to the invention, the shaft is journalled in only one journal bearing, more specifically in a rolling bearing 39, in the illustrated case a ball bearing. This enables the shaft to position itself freely in the bearing without risk of jamming or binding in the bearing. The bearing 39 may also 35 receive the shaft in the absence of any play, ie in a close f it, or may even be pre-stressed, which is particularly advantageous in impact drilling operations.
-This construction, which includes only one single bearing,is made possible by a particular conf iguration of the commutator 36. The commutator is comprised of two commutator rings 40 which abut the shaft 41 with a small clearance 5 therebetween. Each of the commutator rings 40 lies against a respective end-wall of ~ ~commutator chamber 41 and the rings are pressed away from one another towards the end-walls of ~he commutator chamber, by the pressure of f luid in the commutator chamber. This results in the exposure of passage-lO ways 42 in the shaft 31, these passageways connecting thecommutator chamber with the passageways 48 through which '=: fluid is delivered~to the chuck 27. The commutator rings are held in sealing abutment ~ith the part 29 of the gear housing by means of 0-rings 43 fitted at respective ends 15 of the commutator chamber 41.
The construction of the commutator 36 enables the commutator to accompany any obliqueness or eccentricity in the position of the shaft. Because the c Lator is divided in two, i . e .
20 is divided into two ,-~ LdLor rings 40, the axial play is "self-closing", so as to prevent the occurrence of any gaps which would cause the 0-rings to be worn or damaged as a result of penetrating through such gaps if present. It is not necessary for ~'~e commutator room to have any high degree of 25 accuracy with regard to axial measurements, ~hich also applies ~o the axial measurements of the commutator rings.
The rings are prevented from rotating with the shaft by means of a screw or pin ~ not shown ) which engages a recess or aperture in the rings 40.
Claims (4)
1. A shaft bearing in a rock and ground-drilling machine comprising a gear housing (14) in which there is journalled a shaft (31) which surrounds a drill string (23) in the manner of a sleeve and which is affixed to the drill string by means of a chuck (27) connected to the shaft (31), wherein the chuck is operated by means of pressure fluid which is delivered to the chuck (27) through the medium of a commuta-tor (36) acting between the gear housing (14) and the shaft (31), characterized in that the shaft (31) is journalled in the gear housing (14) by means of one single rolling bearing (39); and in that the commutator (36) lies resiliently against the gear housing (14) and is flexible with regard to sideways movement of the shaft (31).
2. A shaft bearing according to Claim 1, characterized in that the commutator (36) includes two commutator rings (40) which are movably arranged in a commutator chamber (41) and lie against the shaft (31); and in that the shaft includes pressure fluid passageways (42) which open out between the commutator rings (40).
3. A shaft bearing according to Claim 2, characterized by an O-ring (43) positioned at each axial end of the commutator chamber (41) radially outwards of the commutator rings (40) and functioning to seal against the gear housing (14).
4. A shaft bearing according to Claim 2 or Claim 3, charac-terized in that the commutator rings (40) include a recess or aperture which receives a screw or pin for preventing rotation of the rings together with the shaft (31).
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| SE9304120-0 | 1993-12-10 | ||
| SE9304120A SE502947C2 (en) | 1993-12-10 | 1993-12-10 | Spindle storage in a rock or earth drill |
Publications (1)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| CA2178596A1 true CA2178596A1 (en) | 1995-06-15 |
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| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| CA002178596A Abandoned CA2178596A1 (en) | 1993-12-10 | 1994-12-08 | Shaft bearing in a rock and ground-drilling machine |
Country Status (6)
| Country | Link |
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| US (1) | US5795079A (en) |
| EP (1) | EP0733151A1 (en) |
| AU (1) | AU677886B2 (en) |
| CA (1) | CA2178596A1 (en) |
| SE (1) | SE502947C2 (en) |
| WO (1) | WO1995016101A1 (en) |
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| SE448017B (en) * | 1982-12-27 | 1987-01-12 | Craelius Ab | PRESSURE-POWERED GRIP DEVICE FOR ROTARY DRILLING AT A MOUNTAIN OR EARTH DRILLING UNIT |
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1993
- 1993-12-10 SE SE9304120A patent/SE502947C2/en not_active IP Right Cessation
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1994
- 1994-12-08 US US08/663,216 patent/US5795079A/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1994-12-08 AU AU12527/95A patent/AU677886B2/en not_active Ceased
- 1994-12-08 WO PCT/SE1994/001184 patent/WO1995016101A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1994-12-08 CA CA002178596A patent/CA2178596A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 1994-12-08 EP EP95903494A patent/EP0733151A1/en not_active Withdrawn
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| WO1995016101A1 (en) | 1995-06-15 |
| AU1252795A (en) | 1995-06-27 |
| US5795079A (en) | 1998-08-18 |
| EP0733151A1 (en) | 1996-09-25 |
| SE9304120D0 (en) | 1993-12-10 |
| AU677886B2 (en) | 1997-05-08 |
| SE9304120L (en) | 1995-06-11 |
| SE502947C2 (en) | 1996-02-26 |
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Legal Events
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| EEER | Examination request | ||
| FZDE | Discontinued |